in the deep fires
I saw the way
a peony crumbles
Shuson Kato
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Might this be
The end of war
Is it foolish to say such a thing
Might the flowers
Always be the family
With scents and beauty
Might humanity become human
However much angst or hatred
That we still have within us
Do not ever sanction destruction
Whatever you might think
Destruction actually means
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
the shell I take
like shell it takes
ebb tide
Vincent Tripi
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Attuned to our environment
We climbed into the small rowing boat
The subtle, knowing, energy of the water
With its compassion and wisdom
Asked that we share our day
We were available
There for the flower to open
Conditions ripe in our lives
A new circumstance
Soon to become inauspicious
By another coincidence
I write this on this day
It is exactly, give or take
Exactly as the ebb tide
Gives and takes
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
after the rain
bomb craters
filled with stars
John Brandi
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Moonbeams and moonrakers
Swimmers in the quarries
Draft dodgers
Emerge together into the limelight
Peace and peace be with you
The story of the ages
The folded, turned over pages
Wisdom, or a simple fool’s advice
Take both of those impostors
As the river rages
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
no flower can stay
yet humans grieve at dying
the red peony
Edith Shiffert
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The first blossom
Was filled with purpose
A means of survival
For the following generations
Yes, grieve at my dying
But grieve with joy
For my descendants
And your descendants
I am thankful for the flowers
The peonies, the freesias, the lilacs
Whose immense intense aromas
Convince me of life’s beauty
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan
the warbler poops
on the slender
plum branch
Onitsura Uejima
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Heaven in a wild flower
And laughter
From the droppings of a bird
In all seriousness
I would like to be less serious
Even smile
When it is my car roof
Which needs washing
Yes, smile
And do not worry
About cutting down
The overhanging branches
haiku mind
108 poems to
cultivate awareness
& open your heart
is by Patricia Donegan